but it wasn't until his seventh that america returned ken burns affection. momortalized a a e letttter and a w waltz. >> burns: the ashokan farewell. >> pelley: the fiddle tune-- >> burns: the fiddle tune-- >> pelley: --that you can never get out of your head years later. >> burns: "na-da-di-da-da-da- dudum." >> pelelley: the l lament seemed writteten as a scocore for thehe letttter union s soldier sululln ballouou wrote hisis wife a wewk bebefore his d death. >> i i shall alwlways be witithn the e brightest t day, and t the darkrkest night t always, alalw, and whwhen the sofoft breeze fas yoyour cheek i it shall bebe my breath, oror the cool l air your throbbining temple, , it shall y spirit pasassing by. >> burns: i think every man wishes he could say those words to the woman he loves, and every woman wishes that her man could say that. that may be our shot. >> pelley: burns' films are a letter to the country he loves but not out of blind devotion. his is the affection that endures after confronting america's founding flaw. >> we hold these truths to be sel

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ken burns is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of our time. work crisscrosses american life, from the brooklyn bridge to baseball to jazz to the civil war to country music. and today's moderator is, as we think of her in our house, and as i told her, the thoughtful and informed soundtrack to our evening every single evening. she's the senior national correspondent and primary substitute anchor for pbs's news hour, a former foreign correspondent whose reporting includes education and politics, sports and culture. now, i'm going to turn it over to you, amna. thank you so much. >> melody, thank you so much for that very kind introduction. i have to say, i think my kids would disagree, they have a different nickname for me in this household. i'm more of sort of a nagging, annoying soundtrack to their lives. but i am so pleased to be here today. i want to thank everyone out there for joining us, both on the webinar and on the webcast, and i am honored and delighted to be in conversation both with ken burns and lonnie bunch. thank you both for being

ken burns remains with us. about the decision to make muhammad ali a ken burns subject. >> well, you know, he is one of the most -- i mean, people throw the word iconic around. he is mythical. he is larger than life. he is as american as what women wanted us to be, filled with contoured -- contradictions, undertone, all the things you look for and obviously as was proclaimed, the greatest athlete of the 20th century. his life seems to touch on all the issues of the 20th century, issue still with us. some of which we are talking about before, certainly race, and civil rights and religion, and politics, and war. now metoo, and other things. he just seems to be at the intersection of that. it's as interesting person as i've ever come across. i had a dinner party with lincoln and louis armstrong and these moments you are talking about and is so special. we had dick -- who kept it a secret for all of. us pushed it through against some folks that were still a little bit wrong about him, and it was all presumed that j

ken burns, how are you today? i want to make sure i can hear you. >> i'm great but do i have to say mr. secretary the whole time? friend of mine for so long. i have to say it. >> i'm just some guy from jersey trying to make it in the big city. >> just a yankee fan from jersey named lonnie. yeah. >> absolutely. >> we're going to get into the sports rivalries, a little bit later. okay? that's going to be saved for the q&a portion of this. and, just a reminder to everyone out there, who is watching on the webinar. you can submit your questions, at any time. just click on the q&a button at the bottom. don't use the raise-your-hand or chat function. click q&a. submit your questions, we will try to work them in. so, gentlemen, the title of this conversation is "history is now." and we are sitting here talking, by the way, as the second impeachment trial of the former president is unfolding, on very weird, split-screen moment in all our lives. it's undoubted that we are living through historic times but i really want to

master storyteller ken burns is here to share how the greatest pulled it off. community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research shows people who take hiv treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit hiv through sex. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you take dofetilide. taking dovato with dofetilide can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. hepatitis b can become harder to treat while on dovato. don't stop dovato without talking to your doctor, as your hepatitis b may worsen or become life-threatening. serious or life-threatening side effects can occur, including allergic reactions, lactic acid buildup, and liver problems. if you have a rash and other symptoms of an aller

i love this new pairing by the way, ken burns. how are you today? i want to make sure i can i'm great but can do i have to say mr. secretary the whole time. that's the first time friend of mine for so long. i know i have just some guy from jersey trying to make it in a big city. just a yankee fan from jersey dane lonnie. yeah. absolutely. we're gonna get into the sports rivalries a little bit later. that's gonna be safe for the q&a portion of this and just a reminder to everyone out there who is watching on the webinar. you can submit your questions at any time. just click on the q&a button at the bottom. don't use the raise your hand or chat function. click q&a submit your questions. we will try to work them in so gentlemen the title of this conversation is history is now and we are sitting here talking by the way as the second impeachment trial of the former president is unfolding on very weird split screen moment in all of our lives. it's undoubted that we're living through historic times, but i really want to talk today about how we frame our hi

. >> someone did say that you would have ken burns do it, we're good. >> yeah. >> there it is. it's in the chat right now. ken burns does it. >> well, like having people see something that they don't really -- i think that people view the american revolution like across the delaware and don't view it as messy, bloody, difficult as it actually was. that's actually one of the things i like about "the patriot" it focuses more on the military conflict because i think, you know, you watch a lot of things and, you know, the focus is on the causes, the ideals, the formation of our government and our country, which is all important, but, you know, there was a war that had to happen in order for all that to happen. i do like the idea of like "a band of brothers" type mini series to show this. i think a great unit to follow through would be the third virginia regiment, which saw action in new york, trenton, princeton, brandywine, germantown, valley forge, does the march down to charleston. probably ends like braveheart where these guys all get captured or whatever. >> have you been talki

okay, ken burns. does it well, like what you say john about like having people see something that they don't really i i think that people view the american revolution as idealize in like a pain like watching crossing and delaware. they don't view it really is messy bloody difficult as actually was that's actually one of the things i actually do like about the patriot is that it focuses more on this military conflict because i think you know you watch a lot of things and you know, the focus is on the causes the ideals the formation of our government and our country, which is all important and but you know, there was a war that had to happen in order for all that to happen and and being able to show that i really do like the idea of yeah like a band of brothers type mini series to try and show this i think a great unit to follow through would be the third virginia regiment which saw action in new york trenton princeton. brandywine germantown. was that valley forge does the the march down to charleston's

in an hour and 50 minutes, lonny bunch, secretary of the smithsonian institution, and ken burns discuss complex challenge of telling america's story. >> all right. it's my pleasure to introduce our last speaker, michael harris has worked for the national park service here in virginia, also in new jersey, and at brandywine battlefield. he's conducted numerous tours, which i've had the pleasure of taking a few of brandywine battlefield and germantown. his second campaign, germantown, was released in 2020. michael is a graduate of the

documentary a month ago. >> two months ago. >> two or three months ago i had to rediscover that ken burns had it it was good. >> give it a couple of months. >> have you seen it? it's amazing >> i have. take a couple of months off. there will be amazing content on all of the platforms. >> you have something you are working on, sorkin >> no, the content in production right now you that will hit. >> give it to me i need it. i need it. prime. hbo max. >> i will say on hbo max, you know the show "hacks" you have a cameo in it >> they teased us how it starts next season with the producers in england she ratted. >> don't say anything. i haven't seen it. >> you have too much time. >> i don't have too much time on my hands i need -- you know what they rebooted "all things great and small" on pbs. that might be good go ahead go ahead gaming i'm not playing games. >> joe, people have book clubs you should start a tv club and be the kernen tv club. >> call my agent did you see -- >> i haven't finished yet. >> in this matt damon movie. >> joe should have a tv show on peacock. >> i agree >>> cathie woo

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coming up next, lonnie bunch, secretary of the smithsonian institution and documentary filmmaker ken burnsc

in an hour and 50 minutes, lonny bunch, secretary of the smithsonian institution, and ken burns discuss the complex challenge of telling america's story. >> all right. it's my pleasure to introduce our last speaker, michael harris has worked for the national park service here in virginia, also in new jersey, and at brandywine battlefield. he's conducted numerous tours, which i've had the pleasure of taking a few of brandywine battlefield and germantown. his second campaign, germantown, was released in 2020. michael is a graduate of the university of mary washington and the american military university. to close this out, welcome, michael, with general john sullivan, the battle of brandywine. now, here michael has put in the bio. i'm supposed to say, go, caps, because you're a washington phillies man. our wizards here are playing the 76ers, so we'll have an nba competition. but for those who are going to watch michael, i highly recommend both his germantown book, which we will put the link to, and brandywine, which he's speaking about this afternoon. so i appreciate you being here. and w

a history tour of trump is like the opposite of a ken burns documentary.ck douglas was still alive and thought the civil war happened for no reason, saying, and this is his exact quote, "people don't ask that question, but why was there a civil war? yeah, why don't people ask that question more? for years people have just shrugged off the civil war i remember when we got to it in history class and my teacher said the civil war was like so random now apparently that report touched a nerve because in response o'reilly threatened to sue the politico reporter. o'reilly said it was bull [ bleep ] that ticket sales for orlando had been lackluster. but when asked how many tickets had been sold at the venue, he said he didn't know. "i don't have that information," he said, "i do grosses, i'm not the ticket counter." o'reilly threatened to sue the reporter saying, "you put one word in there that's not true, i'll sue your ass off, and you can quote me on that." it's nice to know o'reilly hasn't chilled out even a little bit, given all of that time to relax after he

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